oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Moving to piefed.lemmy.fan/c/weird_news - Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 year agoA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1376file-text
arrow-up1376external-linkA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Moving to piefed.lemmy.fan/c/weird_news - Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoGrumpy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoActuall, no. If a VM can be broken, how come everyone goes on about things being perfectly safe to run in one? It gives people like me a false sense of security.
minus-squaresteakmeoutt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoExactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.
Actuall, no. If a VM can be broken, how come everyone goes on about things being perfectly safe to run in one?
It gives people like me a false sense of security.
Exactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.
Well I for one, stand corrected.